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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1909
Page
12
The provided text mirrors a historical newspaper page with subscription terms for delivery in Washington and Alexandria. It references weekly and Sunday options, prepaid postage, and mentions a variety of unrelated topics and older typography, indicating a fragmentary garble rather than a cohesive modern notice.
A scattered essay collection reviews tariff debates and Democratic splits over protection. It critiques stamp taxes and revenue measures while noting political pressures from a public demanding economy and reform. The piece blends commentary on fashion, social norms, and public policy with literary detours and satirical asides.
An editor notes that dumplings vary by state with biscuits or batter bases and meat dishes across Virginia South Carolina Alabama and Georgia. The piece contrasts North Carolina dumplings and cornmeal styles and mentions possum and sweet potatoes as possible side dishes in Southern cooking. Dated February 14 in Washington with Alabama Georgia references.
A man named Henry Parish of Muddybemps bets neighbor Wainwright he can count a million peas by mid January. Parish counts aloud while sleeping and dreams of peas. He counts jars, offers to eat the pease if over or under count occurs, and now Wainwright must tally them to settle the bet.
A Boston man in San Antonio orders 200 humming birds from a game dealer for a banquet as a commentary on plumage slaughter. The piece laments bird hunting for feathers, warns of laws to protect birds, and extols birds as vital to agriculture and ecology.
A Dundee Advertiser snippet discusses radium value highlighting a London Hospital lecture incident with radium bromide worth immense sums. It recounts Curie’s demonstration mishap, the lab cleanup, and the cost of radium. French and American clippings touch on playful banter and social scenes including a Dutch lunch in Atchison and chaperon questions about modern plays.
The article recalls Scotland's ancient divorce law and its death penalty shadow, linking it to a high profile Edinburgh case. It then wanders through a sprawling set of family connections, scandals, and nobility, detailing Lord Northland, Mrs Atherton, the De Lesseps lineage, and Kirkpatrick claims.
Figures compiled by the Men’s High School Teachers Association in this city indicate that 1111 percent of school age children are foreign born and 769 percent have foreign parentage. They argue the state must educate and assimilate migrant children and that Buffalo and New York City have the highest shares of non English speaking families. The teachers say the state should oversee schools to end educational chaos and prevent reliance on local rule as in the Davis law era.
The Perth Amboy board of education plans eight Great Danes as night janitors for eight schoolhouses to deter teen burglars. Previously eight human janitors at $60 monthly each cost more than the value of potential losses, prompting a dog solution funded by city. The dogs will patrol to hold intruders at bay until police arrive.
Edward Francis Lesley praises Buffalo official Kelley for probation work in morning courts, noting rapid, unorthodox methods to control drunks and domestic cases. Kelley’s system is praised for efficiency over Hitchcock era practices, while avoiding public client names.
State Senator Samuel Andelson considers a bill to compel segregation of married and unmarried men in social titles. He argues a bachelor title for single men would protect unmarried women and strengthen the home by making married men ineligible for bachelor status.
Five year old Margie loves a doll but wished it could be twins. A Parson asks about Eldest and names. Little Elsie mentions Papa and mamma. Allen has Noahs ark birthday joke. Johnny defends being an only child. Laura asks what happens to stocking pieces after a hole.
Rev F N Stockdale of Willis Avenue Mt Hope Church defended nature fakers as truthful while discussing nature stories and their meaning before the Methodist Preachers Conference at 180 Fifth Avenue. He cited training a spider to come on whistle and a friend who could make a trout appear by snapping fingers, endorsing observation of animal life in Christian teaching.
Fishermen near Castine at the entrance of the Bagaduce River report abundant fall herring. Six weirs yielded thousands of bushels, mostly small fish, sent by steamer to Brooklin and Lubec for sardine factories. Tapley brothers of West Brooks sold large amounts in October and November, with prices falling sharply due to oversupply. packers faced heavy losses as storehouses filled.
A fragmented verse piece from the Chicago Record Herald and The Michigan News blends musings on Caesar, Galileo, Dante, Shakespeare and Tennyson with oblique references to fame, aging, wealth, and vanity. It juxtaposes grand names against homey imagery and personal longing, hinting at enduring debt to great minds while contemplating contentment.
A collage of historical anecdotes and literary musings on fate, coincidence, and ambition. It jumbles quotes from Desraeli Napoleon and others, pairing legends with real figures, while reflecting on love, wealth, and moral stances across dramatic, globe spanning scenes.
A fragment from ChicagoNews argues about gender, secret keeping, and societal perception. It suggests jealousy as a lens for seeing what is hidden and notes that fear of work does not define a man. The text implies a challenge to appearances and workplace expectations.
Former Representative George W Steele notes low House attendance and likens it to the House of Commons while in Washington with May Steele and their son Lt George W Steele Jr. He foresees a revised tariff bill, praises Indiana, and recalls a lost pocketbook incident. Other figures discuss lumber markets, farming policy, and diplomacy with Venezuela.
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